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Mary Robinson Launches New Centre for Disability Law and Policy at NUI Galway

Former President of Ireland, Dr Mary Robinson launched the new Centre for Disability Law and Policy at NUI Galway on Friday, 3 April 2009. The Centre is one of the first of its type in Europe and it is timely given the recent adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which Ireland has signed.

The primary purpose of the new Centre is to conduct research on best international practice to assist in the ongoing process of reform taking place here in Ireland and throughout the world.

The launch was followed by a Round Table discussion composed of a panel of distinguished international experts from China, the USA, Hungary, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the European Commission. The experts discussed the current global challenges in the field of disability followed by commentary from Irish specialists.

Pictured left at the launch the new Centre for Disability Law and Policy at NUI Galway were (left to right): Professor Gerard Quinn, Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, NUI Galway; Dr James J. Browne, President of NUI Galway; and Dr Mary Robinson.